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Originally Posted by 1967 R50/2
I will grant you that WW2 was decided in any one battle, but surely several battles were more key than others. On land, two were truly decisive: Stalingrad, and Kursk. Stalingrad halted the Wehrmacht advance forever and Kursk gutted them. After Kursk, it was just a matter of time before Hitler lost. Even if Normandy never took place.
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With no Normandy landing, or had the Germans pushed the Allies off the beaches, where do you think the limits on Soviet control of Europe would have been drawn? Do you think that would have resulted in the Cold War going hot? It's ironic that Normandy was pushed for by Stalin, but ended up setting limits for Soviet dominance of Europe.
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